Combing machine



Sept. 29, 1925. 1,555,331

L R. TAYLOR COMBING MACHI NE Filed Dec. 26 1924 L VENTOR: K0 [7 5 r7" Tu y /o r A T T O R N EV Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED, STATES ROBERT TAYLOR, or OLDHAM, ENGLAND.

COMBING MACHINE;

Application filed December 26,1924. Serial No. 758,237.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT TAYLOR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Soho Iron Works, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combing machines, and more particularly to means for cleaning the top nippers of such machines. In my copending application, Serial No. 758,295, I have described and claimed a hook-shaped scraper adapted to be inserted beneath the nipper blade, and having an upturned projection adapted to be drawn along and scrape out the groove of the said nipper blade.

The said hook-shaped scraper described in said copending application is provided with a roller or its equivalent adapted to run or rest upon a rail or ledge longitudinally formed upon or attached to the nipper blade in such manner as to guide the device when in use.

Now the object of the present improvement is to provide means whereby the device may be applied to the nipper blades of existing combing machines in cases where said nipper blades are unprovided with a rail or ledge upon the front thereof for the purpose of guiding said device for cleaning the groove in the blade.

For this purpose a removable rail or ledge is provided, preferably constructed of sheet metal, and adapted to be attached to or hung by means of a hook upon the nipper blade so as to form a ledge to constitute a guide for the cleaning tool described in the above mentioned application.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is an end elevation of the nippers of a combing machine and adjacent parts showing a device constructed according to the present invention in position for cleaning the top nipper and Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device separately.

Referring to the drawings, 6 designates the nipper arm, 4 the top nipper blade and 7 the bottom nipper blade, 8 the comb cylinder and 9 the detaching roller, all of said parts being of the usual construction commonly employed in combing machines.

For cleaning the blade 4, I have provided a scraper device, which comprises a lever 5 having at its lower end an upturned hook adapted to straddle the lower edge of the blade 4 and to engage the usual rabbet or groove 10 therein. Mounted on a stud carried by the lever 5 is a roller 5 adapted to co-operate With a supporting member hereinafter described for supporting and guiding the scraper when in operation.

The supporting member for the scraper comprises a sheet metal plate 1 of approxi mately L-shape in cross section and of a length approximately equal to that of the nipper blade 4. For attaching the supporting member to the nipper blade, said supporting member is shown herein provided with a hook or clip 2 approximately at the middle of its length, and at either end with a projection or lug 3 adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the nipper blade. It will be understood, of course, that any desired number of hooks 2 may be provided along the top edge of the member 1, and may be formed integral with the said member or secured thereto in any suitable manner.

It is believed that the operation of the device will be clear from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings. The supporting member is hung by means of the hook 2 from the top edge of the nipper blade 4 so that its horizontal flange 1 forms a rail or ledgeat the front of the blade, the projections 3 serving to steady the member and maintain it in position. The cleaning device 5 is then placed with its hook in engagement with the lower edge of the nipper blade and its roller 5 resting on the flange 1 of the supporting member, whereupon the cleaner or scraper may be manipulated so as to travel from one end of the blade to the other and back again as often as is necessary to properly clean said blade.

It will be seen that by the means above described the said cleaning device for nipper blades may be used in connection with any existing combing machine not having a rail or ledge formed thereupon.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a combing machine, the combination of a nipper blade, a cleaning tool adapted to engage said nipper blade thereby to clean the same, and a removable track adapted to be supported on said nipper blade, said cleaning tool having means adapted to engage said track thereby to support the tool in operative engagement with the blade.

2. In a combing machine, the combination of a nipper blade, a cleaning tool having a hook-shaped portion adapted to engage the lower edge of said blade for cleaning the same, and a removable supporting member having means for engaging the top edge of the blade and provided with a horizontal flange extending along the front of said blade, said cleaning tool having a roller adapted to engage said flange thereby to support and guide the roller in its operative engagement with the blade.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT TAYLOR. 

